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MACHINE FOR LACING JACUUABD CARDS.

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MACHINE FDR LAGING JACGUARD CARDS.

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MACHINE FOR LACING JACHUARD CARDS.

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MACHINE FOR LACING JACQUAHD CARDS.

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MACHINE FOR LACING JACQUARD-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,37' 1, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed September 25, 1895. Serial No. 563,590. (No model.)

To all whom' t may concern:

-Be it known that I, VERNON ROYLE, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Punching and Lacing Jacquard-Cards, of which the followapart while they are being laced together,"

and finally delivers the string of cards in condition to be used upon the jacquard mechanism for weaving.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of the machine in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bed-frame with looper-bar and loopers in position thereon, the upper parts being removed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view, in vertical section, from front to rear. Fig. 5 is an enlarged View in rear elevation. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing a partial vertical section from front to rear on a dierent plane from Fig. 4. Fig. '7 is an enlarged View in detail, in vertical section, from front to rear through the needle and looper mechanism. Fig. 8 isa View of the same in rear elevation.' Fig. 9 is a View in detail of the spiral-gear sleeve for imparting the rotary movement to the needle. Fig. l0 is a view in detail of the spiral-gear looper, showing the thread-passage. Fig. 11 is a horizontal section through the needle andits socket above the actuatinggear. Fig. 12 is a top plan View of the looper and its actuating-gear. Fig. 13 is a View in detail of the connection for operating the card-feed, and Fig. 14 is a View in detail of the eccentric-sleeve forming a part of said connections. j

There are at present two standard sizes of jacquard-cards in common use, and my present invention is directed to the production of a machine which shall be capable of handling these two standard sizes and various other sizes which may be required of it within its capacity.

The bed-frame of the machine has a general T shape in plan, the head A of the frame being supported by two legs a, and the backbone A of the frame, which extends at right angles to the head A, is supported bya single leg a. This particular form of frame has marked advantages for purposes of stability and for supporting the various shafts in connection with the conveying of the cards to the lacing mechanism and certain parts of the lacing mechanism itself in such a manner that ready access may be had to the opposite ends of the shafts and the parts supported thereon for purposes of adjusting them to handle cards of different sizes. The head A of the bed-frame forms a support for the punching mechanisimthe stack of cards, and the means for actuating the working parts of the machine. The said head-piece A is surmounted by a table B, which projects forwardly of the stack of cards to form guides for the mechanism which feeds the cards from the stack to the punching mechanism and from the punching mechanism to the conveyers which carry the cards to the lacing mechanism.

The table B is iirmly supported by means of the forwardly-inclined bracket b. The punching mechanism comprises the guideplate C, through perforations in which the punches pass into contact with the card, the guide-piece C being spaced from the table B a sufticient distance to permit a card to pass egdewise between them, and the table Bis provided with openings which register with the openings in the guide-plate O for receiving the punches and the material punched from the card, as is common. The punches themselves are held ina cross-head O',mount ed in a pair of operating-arms c, one at each side of the machine, and actuated by eccentrics on the main actuating-shaft D of the machine. On the upper side of the head C there is located a plate c', provided with elongated slots c2, through which screws c3 extend for the purpose of locking the plate c in the Y desired longitudinal adjustment with respect to the cross-head C'.

The punches for punching the peg-holesare located centrally of the head C' and near its ends, while the punches for punching the lacing-holes in the cards are arranged symmetrically upon opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the head and in different sets. In the present instance two sets of lacinghole punches are represented, one for punch- IOO IOS

ing holes in the smaller-sized standard card and the other for punching holes in the largersized standard card. The set for punching the holes in the smaller-sized card consists of three groups of two each, the members of each group being denoted by c4 c5, one group being located near one end of the head C', another' near the opposite end of the said head, and another midway between the two end groups. The positions which these three groups of two punches occupy will be readily seen by reference to Fig. 2, where the holes cando7 in the plate c are made to correspond to the positions of the punches c4 c5 when the plate c' is in one of its adjustments. The set of punches for punching the lacing-holes in the cards of the larger standard size are also arranged in three groups of two each, the members of each group being denoted by e8 cg, one group located near one end of the head C', another group near the opposite end of said head, and a third group midway between the two end groups. Their positions may also be readily seen by reference to Fig. 2, where the holes 010 and c11 in the plate c' are made to correspond to the positions of the punches in the heads C when the plate c' is in one of its adjustments. Vhen, therefore, it is desired to bring the set of punches c4 c5 into action for punching lacing-holes in the smaller-sized cards, the plate c is slid longitudinally into position to make the holes cw c11 in the plate register with the punches e8 a9, so that when the punch-head C is operated the punches c8119 will work idly through the perforations c10 c, while the other punches c4 c5 will have their heads covered by the plate c' and will be thereby forced down into engagement with the card to punch it. lr", on the other hand, it is desired to bring the punches C8 e9 into action for punching jaequard-cards of the larger size, the plate c will be slid in the opposite direction to bring the holes cG c7 to register with the punches c4 c5, and at the same 'time to cover the heads of the punches c8 e9, so that the latter will be forced into engagement with the card, while the former are permitted to playidlythrongh the holes in the plate c'.

'When the machine is employed to lace cards which already have the peg-holes formed therein, the peg-punches c12 maybe removed by sliding the plate c so as to bring the central openings cl3 therein to register with vthe peg-punches, when the latter may be withdrawn and in their place pins, the corresponding size with rounded. ends, may beinserted for the purpose of centering the card by the insert-ion of the round ends of the pins in the pegholes when the punch-head C is depressed in order that the lacing-holes may be punched with perfect accuracy and the proper feed of the card maintained.

On the table B, immediately in front of the punching' mechanism, the standards for supporting the stack of cards are located. These standards are denoted, respectively, by E and E. Their vertical faces are provided with lips e at their opposite edges for embracing the ends of the cards, and their horizontal bases e are provided with elongated slots e2, through which set-screws e3 extend into the table B for the purpose of adjusting the stack maintaining standards toward and away from each other to suit cards of different lengths. The lower ends of the standards E E at their edges in proximity to the punching mechanism are spaced from the table a distance sufiicient to permit a card to pass beneath them into position between the guide-block C and the table beneath the punches. Along one end of the passage-way from the bottom of the stack to the space beneath the punches and forming a continuation of the inner face of one of the standards, in the present instance of the standard E, there is a guidepiece e4. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.) At the opposite end of said narrow passage-way there is located a spring-actuated finger c5, also shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, pivoted to the base c of the standard E at e5 and having its oppositely-projected ends connected by a spring c7 with a support on the standard E, the tendency of the finger e5 being to exert a light pressure upon the card as it is fed forward beneath the punches to hold it truly against the guide e4 at the opposite end.

In suitable grooves in the table B rackbars F are located, carrying a pusher-platef for advancing a card from the bottom of the stack between the standards E E forwardly into position beneath the punches, and also carrying a pusher f for advancing a card from beneath the punches into engagement with the conveyer at the same time that a falling card is advanced from the bottom of the stack to its position beneath' the punches. The pusher f is permitted to yield downwardly to pass underneath the card which has last been punched during the return movement of the feed and is free to spring up into position to engage the edge of thc card as soon as the feed has reached the limit of its return movement and is ready to again advance. The rack-bars F, carrying the feed mechanism,are actuated by sectors fpivoted on a suitable support f3, supported in the head frame A, the opposite arm of the sector f2 being provided with an elongated slotf4 for the reception of a pin f5, carried by an eccentric-sleevef, (see Fig. 14,) said sleeve f being received in a split socket-piecefi, iixed to a slecvefg, mounted on a connecting-rod fg, having an eccentric connection f1@ with the main actuating-shaft D. The sleeve f6 is provided with a crank-handle f, on which there is a lug f, provided with a screwthreaded perforation for the reception of an adjustingscrew fm. The sleeve f8 is pro vided with a lug f1* iixed thereon, and the sleeve f6 is further provided with a tailpiece or nose fw, the screw j and the tailpiece f15 being so located that when the sleeve f is turned in one direction, as shown in Fig. 13,

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the screw will abut against the lug fM on the sleeve f8, and when the sleeve f6 is turned to its limit in the opposite direction the nose f will abut against the opposite side of the lug fm. The sleeve f6 may be locked in either of its adjusting positions by means of the clamping-screw fm, which extends through the free ends of the split socket f", which surrounds the sleeve.

`It is intended that the throw of the sleeve f6 from the position shown in Fig. 13 around into the position with its nose f in contact with the opposite side of the lug]Q14 shall be sufficient to change the position of the feedactuating sector f2 from the position to feed a wider card into position to feed a narrower card, while the throw of the sector-bar remains constant, for it is essential that the push-plates f and f' should advance a little farther when the card is narrower in order to put it into the proper positions with respect to the punches and the conveyer than where the card is wider, and the throwing` of the eccentric-sleeve f6, carrying the connect ing-pin f5, will have the effect of lengthening the connecting-rod fg, so as to pitch the sector-bar f2 the proper additional distance forward. Any slight variation in the throw of the sector-bar which may be needed for purposes of correcting the advance of its throw may be made by the adj Listing-screw f 11i-,which may be drawn through the lugflz, so as to limit the throw of the crank fl1 at an earlier or later point in its movement. The connecting-rod ff may also be lengthened or shortened to set the sector f2 in the proper relation to the rack-bars F for feeding the card of a given width by screwing it into or out of a threaded socket f17 on the eccentric flo and locking it in position by a set-screw fis. A milled collarfg on the rod ff may be conveniently provided for turning the rod. After the rod has been so adjusted for one standard size of card the eccentric-sleeve f6 may be utilized for changingit to suit the other standard size of card by simply giving the sleeve a partial turn between the two limits of its adjustment.

As the cards are pushed from beneath the punches they are delivered to a conveyer for transmission to the lacing mechanism. The conveyer consists of a pair of chains composed of connected links G, each link carrying upon its rear end a pin g, adapted to enter the pin-hole punched in the card. In speaking of the rear end of the link I refer to that end which during the travel of the chain t0- ward the rear of the machine comes last up into the plane along which the cards travel, and the location of the pin g at that end of the link is a matter of importance in that it throws the pin upwardly into the peg-hole with a promptness and to an extent which will not follow from its location at an intermediate point of the link. The conveying orpin chains are mounted at their forward ends upon chainwheels g g2, provided with sprocket-arms radiating from their hubs, the free ends of the arms being a distance apart equal to the length of one of the links.- The chain-wheels g g2 are mounted on stub-axles g3 g4, adjustably secured by means of suitable clampnuts in vertically-elongated slots h in upwardly and rearwardly extending brackets H H', xed to the head of the supportingframe. The opposite ends of the chains are supported upon similar chain-wheels g5 Q6, mounted upon a shaft g7, which shaft is carried in suitable elongated bearings in the arms c', supported by arms z" i?, extending from a rocking sleeve I, supported by a spindle I', supported in the ears 7c lo of avertitically-adj ustable bracket K. From the sleeve I arms gt4 depend, and from said arms pins 56 extend through horizontally-elch gated slots t7, formed in the ears la lo', said pins being provided with clamping-nuts ist@ for the purpose of locking the pins, and hence the sleeve I, its bearing z', and then shaft g7 in the desired adjustment toward and away from the front of the machine. The bracket K is provided with elongated slots lo? k3, through which clamp-screws R4 705 extend into the rear end ef the backbone of the machine in Qrder to adjust the bracket K, and hence the swinging bearing and shaft 97 in the desired vertical adjustment.

The adjustments of the shafts which support the chain-wheels have a function which will be more particularly referred to later on.

The cards as they are pushed from beneath the punches rest upon iixed guides L L', the upper faces of which guides are intended to be in a plane level with the bases of the pins g, carried by the links G. The guides L L extend rearwardly between the needles and loopers of the lacing mechanism, and near their rear ends they are provided with raised portions Z Z', which gradually lift the cards out of engagement with the pins g on the links G before the said pins begin to travel downwardly around the rear chain-wheels. This arrangement for stripping the cards from the pins is found to be very effective in practice, as the gradual incline up which the cards travel presents no material hindrance to them in view of the weight of the laced cards hanging from the rear ends of the guides and effectually prevents any tendency of the pins to bind, as would be the case if they were allowed to pitch forward before the cards were stripped from them.

As itis essential that the cards, whether narrow or wide, should travel along the fixed guides L L in order to be presented in proper position to be laced and as the distance between the peg-holes of two successive cards when the cards are narrow is less than the distance between the peg-holes when they are wider, the space between two consecutive cards remaining uniform, it is essential that chains should be employed in connection with the narrower cards in which the pegs are a lesser distance apart, and to this end the adjustments hereinabove referred to for raising and adjusting the chain-Wheel shafts are provided. For example, if the change is to be made from Wider to narrower cards the chain- Wheels and chain employed for the Wider cards will be removed from their several shafts, access being readily had thereto upon opposite sides of the backbone, and Wheels having shorter sprocket-arms suited to a chain of shorter links Will be substituted therefor. After the change has been made the chainwheels toward the front may be first lifted to the proper position with respect to the guides L L by adjusting the stub-shafts g3 g4, and then the chain-Wheels toward the rear may be adj usted upwardly by m eans of the bracket K', and forwardly by means of the rocking sleeve I, carrying the chain-Wheel shaft, so as to bring the chains throughout theirlength into the proper relation to the guides along which the cards are to travel.

The conveyer-chains have a step-by-step movement imparted thereto at proper intervals by means of a ratchet-Wheel M, keyed to the hub of one of the chain-Wheels, in the present instance to the chain-wheel g, (see Fig. 5,) which is operated upon by a spring-actuated paWl fm., carried by one arm of a rocking leverm', loosely mounted on the shaft Q7, the opposite arm m2 of said rocking lever being connected by a rod m3 with the arm 'm4 of a vibrating lever pivoted to the bed-frame at m5, and having its opposite arm m6 in position to be operated in one direction by a cam m7, carried by the main actuated shaft D, While a spring m8 serves to operate the said vibrating lever in the opposite direction.

On the upper sides and near the rear ends of the brackets H H, I locate standards N N', as a support for the needle-supporting bar O, and the shafts u n for imparting to the needles their rotary and vertically-reciprocating motions. The standards N N are made adjustable toward and away from the front of the machine by means of elongated slots n2 in their bases,through which clamping-screws n3 project into the brackets H H'.

The needles--in the present instance three in number-are denoted by P and are locked in position to lace the cards near their opposite ends and midway of their ends. They are mounted in vertically disposed needle sockets or barrels p, each provided with laterally-extending flanges p', perforated to receive clamping-bolts p2, the enlarged heads of which are received Within a dovetailed groove o, formed in the face of the needlesupporting bar O to permit the sockets and the needles carried thereby to be adjusted independently transversely of the machine. The stock p3 of the needle is provided With annular teeth p4, Which are engaged by pinions n4, keyed on the shaft n', the sockets p being cut away to let the pinions n4 into engagement with said teeth. There is also keyed to the needle-stock p3-as, for example, by means of the ordinary feather and groove to permit the needle to reciprocate longitudinally-a sleeve p5, provided with an external spiral gear p6, adapted to engage the spiralgear Wheels a5, keyed on the shaft n, the socket p being cut away to permit the gears a5 to engage the sleeve. The sleeve p5 is locked in position Within the socket-piece p by means of a shoulder p7 at the bottom of a counterbore in the upper end of the socket and an annular stock p8, removably fixed in the upperend of the socket by means of a setscreW p9. From the lower end of the socket p a guide-fin ger p10 extends downwardly along the needle to afford it a support against being sprung laterally. The shaft n, carrying the spiral-gear Wheels for imparting to the needle a rotary movement during its verticallyreciprocating movement, is actuated by a crank as, connected by a rod a7 with one arm as of a vibrating lever, pivoted at n to the main frame and its opposite arm n10 being in a position to engage a cam n to operate the lever, and hence the shaft n, in one direction, a spring 9112, connected with the arm as of the lever and the main frame, being employed to rock the said shaft 'n in the opposite direction.

The shaft n' is operated by means of a pinion 77,13 on its end in position to engagea sector Q, pivoted to the standard N at q and provided with an elongated slot q', by means of which it is adjustably secured to one arm q2 of the rocking lever, also pivoted at q, the opposite arm g3 of said lever being connected by a rod g4 with one arm g5 of a vibratin g lever pivoted at q to a support on the main frame, the opposite arm Q7 of said lever being provided with a roller 18, adapted to follow the groove in the cam Q9, fixed on the main drive-shaft for the purpose of imparting to the needles their vertically-reciprocating movement at the proper intervals. The adjustable connection of the sector Q, with the rocking lever is important in determining the point Which the needles shall occupy with respect to the beginning and end of its vertical reciprocating movement under the impulse of the sector.

The loopers correspond in number to the needles and are located below the plane along which the cards are to pass. They each consist of a short cylindrical tube R, having in their upper portions a bore 'r of sufficient size to admit the needle with an easy sliding movement and a second smaller bore r' for the transmission of the thread to the larger bore r2 in the lower portion of the looper. The lower portion of the looper is provided with IOO an exterior spiral gear r3, adapted to register with a spiral-gear Wheel r4, keyed on the shaft r5, mounted in suitable bearings in the loopersupporting sockets S. The sockets S are provided With grooves s, tangential to the periphery of the tube R and adapted to register with an annular groove r6 in the tube R for the reception of keys to hold the loopertube R against vertical displacement While permitting it to freely rotate. The socketpieces S are provided with iianges s', which are perforated to receive clamping-bolts s2,

the enlarged heads of which'are received in a dovetailed groove s3, formed in the looperbar s4 to permit the adjustment of the loopersockets transversely of the machine. The looper-supporting bar s4 is formed integral with or fixed to a bracket S5, which is made' adjustable longitudinally of the machine by means of elongated slots s6 and clampingscrews S7, which extend through the said slots into the backbone of the supporting-frame.

The shaft T5, on which the spiral-gear wheels T4 are keyed for operating the loopers, is operated by a pinion T7 fixed thereon, which meshes with a sector TS, pivoted at T9 to the bracket S and operated by means of a connecting-rod T10, which connects with one arm T11 of a vibrating lever pivoted on an axle 'm5 with its opposite arm T12 in engagement with a cam T13 on the main actuating-shaft D.

In leading the thread T from suitable supply spools to the respective loopers and needles tension is applied to it as follows: Beneath each looper there-is a pair of upright arms t, (see Fig. 1,) provided on their adjacent faces with eyes t2, arranged in zigzag order. Through these eyes the thread is made to pass, passing from the eye t2 on the one arm to the eye t2 upon the opposite arm, and so on. One member of each pair of armsin the presentinstance the member -is rigid, while the other members-in the present instance -are iixed to a rock-shaft i3, mounted in a bracket t4, Xed to the under side of the backbone. The shaft 3 has a notchedarm t5 (see Fig. 4) fixed thereto and projecting laterally therefrom, which arm is connected by a spring t6 with a rigid part of the frame. The tension of the spring t6 upon the arm 155 tends to rock the arms t away from the arms t, and thereby increase the friction upon the thread T in proportion to the distance to which the arms t are rocked. The tension may be varied by slipping the spring into a notch on the arm t5 nearer to or farther away from the rock-shaft t3, as may be required. In this manner a single spring t6 serves to keep an even tension upon the threads passing to the several needles and loopers, and the tension upon the three may be at any moment varied by shifting the connection of the spring with the arm t5.

The operation of the several parts with relation to one another has been so fully set forth in connection with the operation of the several parts that it need not be repeated at length. ln short, the operation is as follows: A stack of cards having been placed between the end standards E E and the machine having been set in motion, the bottom card is pushed forward beneath the punches and is punched, and subsequently at the same time that the next succeeding card is forwarded to the punches the card which has been punched is pushed forward into position to be engaged by the pins on the chains and advanced to a position beneath the needles. The timing is such that the needles will pass through the lace-holes punched to receive them and will lace the cards together at the required distances apart, finally delivering them in a connected series at the rear of the machine.

l. The combination with the supportingframe comprisinga head-section and abackbone-section extending substantially at right angles to the head-section from a point intermediate of the ends of the head-section, of rearwardly-projecting brackets fixed to the head-section onopposite sides of the backbone-section, needle-supporting mechanisms carried by said brackets, needles, stitch-forming mechanism arranged to cooperate with the needles and means for operating the said needles and stitch-forming mechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a suitable supporting-frame and needles and loopers for lacing a series of cards together, of a conveyer for presenting the cards to the needles, means for operating the needles and loopers, a needle-supporting bar and means for adjusting the needle-supporting bar and loopers in a direction corresponding to or opposed to the direction in which the cards are conveyed, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the feed mechanism for pushingthe punched cards from beneath the punches and a lacing mechanism, ofaconveyer-chain for advancingthe punched cards from the said feed mechanism to the lacing mechanism, the said chain being composed of links provided with pins at their rear ends for entering the holes in the punched cards, said pins being rigidly secured to the links and extending at right angles to the planes of the links substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the needles mounted to reciprocate vertically and provided with annular teeth on their stocks and loopers arranged to coact with the needles, of toothed wheels for engaging said annular teeth, means for actuating said toothed wheels to raise and lower the needles, means for actuating the loopers and means for rotating the needlestocks, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination withvt-he needle, mounted to reciprocate longitudinally and to rotate about its longitudinal axis and provided with annular teeth, and a looper arranged to coact with the needle, of a pinion in position to engage said annular teeth to impart to the needle its longitudinal reciprocating movement, toothed gear engaged with the needle for imparting to the needle its rotary movement and means for actuating the looper, substantially as set forth.

, 6. The combination with theneedles mounted to reciprocate vertically and provided with annular teeth on their stocks and loopers arranged to coact with the needles, of gearwheels for engaging said teeth, a pinion on IOO IZO

the shaft on which the gear-wheels are fixed, a sector-bar in engagement with said pinion, means for actuating the sector-bar, means for rotating the needles and means for actuating the loopers substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with the needles, loopers arranged to coact therewith and the pinion for imparting the reciprocating movement to the needles, of the sector-bar and a rocking arm, means for adjustably securing the sector to the rocking arm, means for actuating the arm and means for actuating the loopers, substantially as set forth.

S. The combination with the needles, loopers arranged to coact therewith and the pinion for imparting the reciprocating movement to the needles, of the sector-bar in position to engage the pinion, means for actuating the sector-bar, means for adjusting the sector-bar relative to the pinion and means for actuating the loopers, substantially as set forth. Y

9. The combination with the supportingframe comprising the head and backbone, the lacing mechanism and the punching mechanism, of conveyor-chains for moving the cards from the punching to the lacing mechanism, chain-wheels, a bracket secured at the rear end of the backbone and forming a support for certain of the chain-wheels, means for adjusting the bracket to suit different lengths of chain, and means for operating the several mechanisms, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with the head of the supporting-frame and the rearwardly-projecting backbone, of a table extending forwardly from the head, card-feeding mechanism supported in said table, punching mechanism supported upon said table, a lacing mechanism and a carrier-chain supported upon said backbone for carrying the cards from the said feeding mechanism to the lacing mechanism, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination with the supportingframe, the punching mechanism and the feeding mechanism, of standards provided with lips on their faces for embracing the ends of the cards and holding the stack of cards in position to be fed, the said lips being cut away at their lower ends adjacent to the punching mechanism and means for adjusting the standards toward and away from each other to suit different lengths of cards, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with the several sets of lacing mechanisms, of tension devices one for each set of lacing mechanism, the said tension devices each comprising a rigid arm provided with eyes and a swinging arm provided with eyes, the several swinging arms being connected to move together and means for exerting more or less pressure upon the connected swinging arms to simultaneously vary the tension upon the several lacing mechanisms, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination with a supportingframe, several loopers and needles arranged to coact with the loopers, of a bar forming a support for the several loopers, means for feeding cards to the needles and loopers, means for adjusting Ithe looper-su pportin g bar in a direction corresponding to or opposed te the direction in which the cards are fed, means for adjusting the needles to correspond with the loopers and means for actuating the needles and loopers, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination with the head for supporting the punches and means for reciprocating the head, of a plate for retaining the punches in operative position, the said plate being perforated to permit the ready removal of the peg-hole punches at pleasure, substantially as set forth.

15. The combination with the head and different sets of punches supported therein, of a plate provided with perforations corresponding to the different sets of punches and means for adjusting the said plate relatively to the said punch-supporting head to bring the different sets of punches into or out of operative position, substantially as set forth.

16. The combination with the punching mechanism of a feed mechanism comprising a reciprocating push-plate, a rack-bar and sector for imparting reciprocating movement to the plate, a connecting-rod for operating the sector and an eccentric forming a connection between the said connecting-rod and rack-bar for varying the position of the'reciprocating movement of the feed-plate, substantially as set forth.

17. The combination with the lacing mechanism the punching mechanism and the conveyer-chains for advancing the cards to the lacing mechanism, of chain-Wheel supports, means for adjusting said supports vertically and means for adjusting one of said supports horizontally, substantially as set forth.

18. The combination with the supportingframe, the lacing mechanism punching mechanism, the conveyer-chains for advancing the cards to the lacing mechanism and the chainwheels for supporting said conveyer-chains, of a swinging su pport for one set of said chainwheels and a bracket secured to the rear of the main frame in vertical adjustment and carrying the swinging chain-Wheel support, substantially as set forth.

19. The combination with the lacing mechanism, the guides for holding the cards in the proper plane in relation to the lacing mechanism and the means for conveying the cards to and from the lacing mechanism, of inclines forming a continuation of said card-guides for lifting the laced series of cards from the conveyer, substantially as set forth.

VERNON ROYLE.

lNitnesses:

IRENE B. DECKER, FREDK. IIAYNES.

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